invigilator

English

Etymology

invigilate +‎ -or, from Latin invigilatus, past participle of invigilo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪnˈvɪd͡ʒɪleɪtəɹ/

• Audio (Southern England)

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Noun

invigilator (plural invigilators)

1. (UK, Ireland, Canada, India, South Africa, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Australia, New Zealand) A person who supervises students during an examination; a proctor
2. (chiefly UK, Ireland or archaic) A person who supervises a gallery at a museum.

Translations

supervisor of students

• Arabic: مراقب m (murāqib)
• Finnish: valvoja (fi)
• French: surveillant (fr)
• Macedonian: набљу́дувач m (nabljúduvač), надгле́дувач m (nadgléduvač), на́дзорник m (nádzornik)
• Persian: مُراقِب (fa) (morâgeb)
• Russian: наблюда́тель (ru) m (nabljudátelʹ)
• Swedish: tentamensvakt (sv) c, tentavakt (sv) c (colloquial)

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /in.u̯i.ɡiˈlaː.tor/, [ɪnu̯ɪɡɪˈɫ̪äːt̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /in.vi.d͡ʒiˈla.tor/, [iɱvid͡ʒiˈläːt̪or]

Verb

invigilātor

1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of invigilō